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March 03, 2015 12:27 PM EST
The bigger the better when it comes to smartphones. Huge fourth-quarter sales for Apple's large-screen iPhone 6 line helped the company over-take rival Samsung in the market for the first time since 2011, as reported by TechCrunch , from rese ...

March 03, 2015 12:24 PM EST
As music mini-scenes seeminly appear out of nowhere and are reblogged into the ether hours later, maintaining relevancy in today's tech-culture tornado seems like an impossible task. So it's surprising that, at a time when everyone' ...

March 03, 2015 11:55 AM EST
Imagine you went to your ATM and tried to take out $60 dollars. The machine makes you wait for a half hour then spits out 40 dollars and no receipt. You don't know where the extra money went, why it took so long or what's left in your ac ...

March 03, 2015 10:17 AM EST
Forbes has released its annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people , with Bill Gates yet again topping the list at a whopping net worth of $79.2 billion. Due to the now-inextricable relationship between technology and music, more billion ...

March 03, 2015 10:00 AM EST
On the release date of her sixth studio album Piece By Piece , Kelly Clarkson is sharing the dates for her extensive tour of North America in 2015. The Piece By Piece tour boasts 36 dates and features special guests Pentatonix and Eric Hutchinson. ...

March 03, 2015 9:10 AM EST
There was a significant moment at the "State of the Music" panel at last week's Country Radio Seminar when WXTU Philadelphia PD Shelly Easton declared that she was not ready for country radio's 18-34 success of recent years to ...

March 03, 2015 6:00 AM EST
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, last year posted a 6% increase in revenue to a tick over $1 billion, up from the $944.4 million it collected in 2013. The performance right organization says it has become the first ...

March 02, 2015 11:30 PM EST
Taylor Swift , Nick Jonas , Ariana Grande , Ed Sheeran , Pharrell Williams and One Direction are among this year's nominees for the 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards. The announcement was made Monday during the Disney Channel Presents the 2015 R ...

March 02, 2015 11:14 PM EST
Ezra Laderman , a classical music composer whose works ranged from symphonies to operas to music for Academy Award-winning films, has died. He was 90. The Yale School of Music, where Laderman was dean from 1989 to 1995, announced his death on its ...

March 02, 2015 6:44 PM EST
Troy Carter has already successfully tackled artist management , tech start-ups and even his own bottled water . But for his next act, Carter's Atom Factory is venturing into perhaps its trickiest territory yet: business journalism. Smashd. ...

March 02, 2015 6:36 PM EST
As the Blurred Lines trial enters its second week, attorneys for Marvin Gaye 's children are seeking relief from what they argue are prejudicial statements from the Robin Thicke side that have already "poisoned, perhaps irreparably&quot ...

March 02, 2015 4:03 PM EST
The legacy of the late Pete Seeger -- as a musician, social activist and environmentalist -- will be celebrated June 20-21 at the Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival by just-announced artists including the Mavericks , Neko Case , Guster, ...

March 02, 2015 3:43 PM EST
The consent decrees that govern how the two largest U.S. performing rights organization interact with music users will be the focus of a lot of attention in Washington D.C. over the next two weeks. The consent decrees -- which have been in effect ...

March 02, 2015 3:40 PM EST
During SXSW's Music Week, between Mar. 18-21, Tumblr will take up residence at the Ironwood Hall in Austin, Texas as it brings its ongoing Tumblr IRL music and art series to the festival for the very first time. Tumblr IRL SXSW poster. Courte ...

March 02, 2015 1:57 PM EST
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has tapped entertainment industry veteran Rick Krim to lead the company's A&R operations in Los Angeles. Krim's official title is co-president, U.S., and he'll work alongside NYC-based Danny Strick on a ...

March 02, 2015 1:10 PM EST
The Los Angeles Lakers may be having a crappy season, but things couldn't be better for the owners of the Staples Center. Revenue from premium seating inside the downtown arena has surpassed $100 million this season, the most in the building& ...

March 02, 2015 1:01 PM EST
On Monday (March 2), Mysteryland announced the first phase of its 2015 lineup, bringing an eclectic group of artists together for the Dutch festival's 2015 edition. Announced artists include main stage staples like Martin Garrix , Dillon Fran ...

March 02, 2015 12:50 PM EST
As the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame readies the 30 th anniversary of its annual Induction Ceremony, to be held April 18 at Cleveland's Public Auditorium, the organization will also host another milestone this year -- its first corporate spons ...

March 02, 2015 12:08 PM EST
James Steven has been promoted to executive vice president of communications and marketing at Warner Music Group. In his new role, effective immediately, Steven will lead WMG's worldwide communications and corporate marketing functions, deali ...

March 02, 2015 11:02 AM EST
When Brandy Clark teamed up with Dwight Yoakam on the Feb. 7 Grammy Awards to perform her album track "Hold My Hand," it was a revelatory moment for many in country radio. Based on the chatter on social media that night, many programmers ...

March 02, 2015 10:09 AM EST
While the $1 million dollar-plus asking price for a three-day pass to the Grateful Dead's sold-out Fare Thee Well concerts at Chicago's Soldier Field is attracting a lot of attention, StubHub spokesman Glenn Lehrman tells Billboard that ...

March 02, 2015 9:59 AM EST
Republic Records and independent film and television studio IM Global have announced a multi-picture co-financing and co-production relationship for a series of music-driven titles. The movies will be supported by soundtracks, music videos and f ...

March 02, 2015 9:10 AM EST
Come this March, the 2015 YouTube Music Awards will honor artists in a whole new way. For this year's event, the YouTube Music Awards picked 50 winners based on views, subscribers and engagement over the last six months. Ariana Grande , Beyon ...

March 02, 2015 5:34 AM EST
The Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well show has sold out in minutes, but Deadheads with deep pockets are still in with a chance. Stubhub is offering tickets for the three-day show with a top-price at $116,000 (and change), down to the "chea ...

March 02, 2015 4:24 AM EST
The World Health Organization says millions of young people around the world are at risk of hearing loss from loud music. The UN agency said Friday that a review of data from middle- and high-income countries shows almost half of all 12 to 35-year ...

March 02, 2015 3:39 AM EST
Sam Smith capped the week of his double Brit Award victory by claiming another piece of history, as In The Lonely Hour (Capitol/Universal) topped the first U.K. album chart to incorporate streaming data alongside downloads and traditional sales. A ...

March 02, 2015 1:00 AM EST
Madonna will embark on an international tour in support of her new album Rebel Heart , an all-arena trek that will take the artist to territories she hasn't visited in decades, if ever, Billboard has learned. An announcement from tour produce ...

March 01, 2015 10:20 PM EST
Madonna scores her 71st top 40 single on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, as "Living For Love" debuts at No. 26 on the list dated March 1. The achievement extends her own record for the most top 40 hits by a woman in U.K. chart history. ...

March 01, 2015 1:56 PM EST
The Grateful Dead Fare thee Well concert, set for Chicago's Soldier Field July 3-5, is officially sold out. After being blown away by mail order ticket requests and VIP experience demand, producers of the concert saw general public on-sales ...

March 01, 2015 12:45 PM EST
Four punk rockers with learning disabilities will compete for Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest semifinal after winning the Nordic country's national qualifying contest. Australia to Compete in 2015 Eurovision Song Contest The group Pert ...

March 01, 2015 12:05 PM EST
Graceland will always be home, but Las Vegas is set to be Elvis Presley 's home away from home yet again. The King first played Vegas almost 59 years ago and spent months as a Sin City resident. Now, the Westgate Las Vegas hotel-casino will h ...

February 28, 2015 10:42 AM EST
The 2015 New Faces Show, which closes the annual Country Radio Seminar, was held Friday night (Feb. 27) at the Nashville Convention Center. And one thing was apparent -- this isn't your father's country music... or was it? Sam Hunt Talks ...